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World Congress 2022 • Jun 15, 2022

Create a Programmatic SEO Project Using Next.js and Static Site Generation

Dino Lozina

How do you algorithmically generate 30,000 SEO-optimized landing pages over a single weekend? Discover how Next.js and static site generation effortlessly automate programmatic SEO.

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#1 about 2 min

Speaker background and initial programmatic SEO motivations

An overview of the engineering background guiding this dynamic site generation project.

#2 about 2 min

Drawing inspiration from Zapier for programmatic SEO

How management expectations to automatically generate thousands of landing pages initiated the architecture design.

#3 about 2 min

Targeting long-tail keywords for search engine optimization

Why generating specialized landing pages for niche queries avoids competing against established high-value search terms.

#4 about 2 min

Adapting template structures for company communication integrations

Mapping existing enterprise messaging integrations into a reusable layout containing channels, platforms, and programming languages.

#5 about 1 min

Establishing route paths from existing landing pages

Stripping JavaScript from an initial company template to create a clean HTML foundation for dynamic routing.

#6 about 2 min

Understanding how search crawlers process rendered content

Why standard web crawlers index raw HTML responses significantly faster than deferred JavaScript execution models.

#7 about 2 min

The limitations of client-side rendering for search visibility

How relying entirely on client-side frameworks like Blazor prevents search engines from properly indexing dynamic content.

#8 about 2 min

Selecting Next.js for hybrid static and server rendering

Adopting a batteries-included framework to dynamically construct HTML layouts instead of manually duplicating static files.

#9 about 2 min

File-based routing and pre-rendering architecture in Next.js

How built-in automated pre-rendering serves immediate HTML to search bots while preserving interactive client-side hydration.

#10 about 2 min

Data fetching with getStaticProps and getStaticPaths functions

Using framework lifecycle methods to construct specific page routes from external database entries at compile time.

#11 about 2 min

Connecting a backend API to the Next.js frontend

Serving an integration catalog from a dedicated API to supply the static generator with structured information.

#12 about 2 min

Reviewing the generated programmatic SEO landing pages

Comparing the dynamically stitched Next.js integration routes against the initial third-party examples that inspired the project.

#13 about 3 min

Addressing content uniqueness and framework compatibility concerns

Strategies for introducing page variety through backlinks alongside typescript support evaluations.

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